Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Born 8 March 1900 in Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died 19 February 1989 (aged 88)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin was a Soviet Russian film director, best known for his 1935 film Happiness. His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's documentary films, The Train Rolls On (1971) and The Last Bolshevik (1992).

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He travelled around Russia in his Kinopoezd, a film-train, in which he carried film equipment and shot movies in Kolkhozy, which he would then screen there.

Director

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1935
Happiness Director
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1938
The New Moscow Director
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1936
The Miracle Worker Director
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1941
We Await Your Victorious Return Director

Writer

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1935
Happiness Writer
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1938
The New Moscow Screenplay
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1936
The Miracle Worker Writer
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1941
We Await Your Victorious Return Writer

Actor

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1994
The Last Bolshevik Self (archive footage)
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2011
The Silence of Pelešjan Self (archive footage)
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1971
The Train Rolls On Himself
Stop Thief!
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1930
Stop Thief! Blundering Tractor Driver

Producer

How's Life, Comrade Miner?
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1932
How's Life, Comrade Miner? Producer
Gazeta #4
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1932
Gazeta #4 Producer
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1932
Conveyor Producer